Resource Allocation for Alcohol

Alcohol Drinking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Resource Allocation for Alcohol

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06432361
• Other study ID #: STUDY00018018
• Secondary ID: 1R34AA029478-01A
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2025
• Est. completion date: August 2026

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: University of Washington
• Contact: Jennifer Cadigan, PhD
• Phone: 206-543-5689
• Email: cadiganj[@]uw.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A total of 150 young adults (ages 21-29) will be randomized to receive a brief alcohol intervention (intended to reduce alcohol-related resource allocation (e.g., time and money spent on alcohol), alcohol consumption, and alcohol related consequences) or an assessment only control condition. All participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation. All participants will complete a 1 and 3 month follow up survey. Participants can earn up to $126 for completing all study components.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: August 2026
• Est. primary completion date: March 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 29 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1)21-29 years old, 2) reside within WA state, 3) report drinking 2+ days per week, on average, in the last six months, 4) report 4+ heavy drinking episodes (4+/5+ for women/men) in the past month,

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1) currently enrolled in a 4-year college, 2) currently in or seeking treatment for alcohol use

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Resource Allocation
Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how they spent their time and money each day. Reviewing the intervention feedback should take no longer than 10 minutes.

Other:
• assessment only control
participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Washington	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Standard drinks containing alcohol-	We will assess the number of standard drinks, containing alcohol in a typical week collected on the Daily Drinking Questionnaire DDQ; Collins et al., 1985; Kivlahan et al., 1990)	past 1 month
Primary	Alcohol-related problems	We will assess the number of alcohol-related consequences experienced using the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index.	past 1 month
Primary	Alcohol Demand	Alcohol demand will be assessed with the Alcohol Purchase Task.	past 1 month
Primary	Time allocation	Time allocation will be assessed (Murphy et al.,2012) where participants will indicate, on average, how many hours they spend in a typical week in various domains including alcohol-related domains.	past 1 month